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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dirtypool" data-source="post: 8484815" data-attributes="member: 7033897">You kind of are,  but okay.Sure, you see that and see that it’s a problem that makes you leery of those services. It makes me leery of Games WorkshopYeah, a possibility and something that “WILL happen” are two separate things.  You are at this point being a bit hyperbolic in your support of the digital tools are dooming the hobby argument.Yes, but those are specifically digital tool kits for play.  I have been maintaining that the physical reality of this game still exists and will continue to. You’re arguing that Orange Juice is tart, I’m arguing apple butter is great on toast.  We’re neither of us in danger of not being able to order breakfast.No it isn’t. The practicality of it has not changed.  The point I keep stating and you keep running right past is that the makeup of the industries physical products has remained largely unchanged.  If you scroll up you will see another person referencing that kickstarters have more physical copies backed that digital only.  DTRPG sells a large quantity of POD content. I can guarantee you there are people who purchase exclusively print copies of D&D products. The one group does not invalidate the other.Yes they did that to the Patreon service importing D&D content. But you claimed that because they did that, Games Workshop could do the same - and since you are in no way privy to the details of Foundry’s contract with Games Workshop you absolutely can’t say what is or is not possible. No there would just be the one paywall, and this is in no way a logical response to my saying that it is possible to use D&D Beyond without buying a single book from them. That was not what I said. Your example was if you migrated from Foundry to Roll20 you would have to buy your content again, but guess what - the Foundry content would still be available.  It isn’t that you don’t own your content it’s that you cannot take it with you from one service to another. You would still own both and it would be your decision that placed you in that situation.   Which means most publishers product is available to you in a format that won’t perish. You can buy a physical copy or a pdf and play your game without ever touching a digital tool set if you don’t want.  There is no group of content ninjas that break into your house at night and steal your access to either of those two content options.The main point is that those are optional items that do not make the game unplayable if they are not available.</blockquote>

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